Bugsy Malone (17 page)

About the Author

SIR ALAN PARKER CBE

 

Sir Alan Parker is a director, writer and producer. His feature films have won nineteen BAFTA awards, ten Golden Globes and ten Oscars. His films include Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Evita, Fame, Birdy, Angel Heart and Angela's Ashes. He was founding chairman of the UK Film Council and past chairman of the BFI. Sir Alan received the CBE in 1995 and a knighthood in 2002. He is also an Officier Des Arts et Lettres (France).

BY WAY OF EXPLANATION

The story of Bugsy Malone takes place in New York, in 1929. It's a world of would-be gangsters, show-girls and dreamers. But it's a world where you never see an adult. And, as they say in the movies, all the parts are played by kids.

If you're a young reader, you won't have any trouble imagining yourself in the story. If you're a little older... well, you'll just have to imagine a little harder.

Copyright

First published in Great Britain in Armada by William Collins Sons & Co Ltd in 1976

This edition published by HarperCollins
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in 2011

 

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Text copyright © Alan Parker 1976

Why You'll Love This Book copyright © Lauren Child 2011

 

Alan Parker asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

 

ISBN: 978-0-00-744122-8

EPub Edition © NOVEMBER 2012 ISBN: 9780007514830

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